Champions Trophy: McClenaghan is leading wicket-taker

Champions Trophy: McClenaghan is leading wicket-taker

Rain played spoilsport in the ICC Champions Trophy league match between Australia and New Zealand in Birmingham on Wednesday. Both teams got a point each after from the abandoned Group A game, which was halted with New Zealand, replying to Australia's competitive 243 for eight in 50 overs, were struggling at 51 for two after 15.

Having lost their opening match to England, the solitary point from the match did little to help Australia's chances of making the semi-finals.

Here are some statistical highlights from the match:

# Mitchell McClenaghan set a record by claiming four wickets in two consecutive games in the ICC Champions Trophy. With eight wickets (avg. 13.50), he is the leading wicket-taker in the ongoing tournament.

# McClenaghan's tally of 26 wickets, at 17.03 runs apiece, including four four-wicket instances, is the most by any bowler in his first nine matches in ODIs.

Bailey's third fifty as Aus skipper

George Bailey's fifty on debut (55 off 91 balls) vs New Zealand is his sixth in ODIs -- his third in five innings as Australia skipper. He has registered consecutive fifties in Champions Trophy 2013 -- 55 vs England and 55 vs New Zealand - both at Edgbaston.

# Bailey has a strike rate of 60.43 – the second worst by a captain in the ICC Champions Trophy, behind the 58.62 by Maurice Odumbo (Kenya) during his innings of 51 off 87 balls vs India at Nairobi (Gym.) on October 3, 2000.

# Seven half-centuries have been recorded by Australian captains -- the most by a team in the ICC Champions Trophy.

# Bailey and Voges added 77 for the fourth wicket -- Australia's highest for any wicket in the ICC Champions Trophy at Edgbaston, bettering the 75 for the fourth wicket between Darren Lehmann and Damien Martyn vs England on September 21, 2004.